GamePolitics brings word of even more potential game legislation today. Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS) introduced a bill to the US Senate yesterday that would, to quote the bill,
...prohibit the distribution or sale of video games that do not have age-based content rating labels [and] prohibit the sale or rental of video games with adult content ratings to minors...
The text of the legislation isn't out yet, however, so the details are still somewhat sketchy. That said, the bill currently has no sponsors and has been referred to the Senate's Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
If you will remember, a couple of days back another important piece of videogame legislation was signed in New York. One of the law's mandates was that "games sold at retail disclose the ratings obtained from the gaming industry's voluntary rating system." Such a law could provide a legal precedent for part of the legislation mentioned above.
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